Tora-san's Easy Advice
# Tora-san's Easy Advice

Tora-san's Easy Advice (男はつらいよ　拝啓　車寅次郎様, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Haikei, Kuruma Torajirō-sama) is a 1994 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Rino Katase as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Easy Advice is the forty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

## Cast

* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura
* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
* Riho Makise as Nao Kawai
* Rino Katase as Noriko
* Shimojo Masami as Kuruma Tatsuzō
* Chieko Misaki as Tsune Kuruma (Torajirō's aunt)
* Masato Yamada as Shinobu Kawai
* Hisao Dazai as Boss (Umetarō Katsura)
* Gajirō Satō as Genkō

## Critical appraisal

The German-language site molodezhnaja gives Tora-san's Easy Advice three out of five stars.

## Availability

Tora-san's Easy Advice was released theatrically on December 23, 1994. In Japan, the film was released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.

